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The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
By Karen AbbottHe had claimed to have evidence that would “ crucify Hoover ” and force his resignationpaperwork allegedly proving that the Justice Department had conspired to save a prominent Cleveland whiskey dealer from indictment .
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
By William R. Maples, Michael BrowningThe author recounts his work, from murder cases to the remains of the famly of Czar Nicholas II to traces of Vietnam MIAs
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D-Day Girls: The Spies who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
By Sarah RoseEdited by H. Bradford Westerfield . New Haven , Conn .: Yale University Press , 1995 . Jones , Benjamin F. “ Freeing France : The Allies , the Resistance , and the Jedburghs . ” Master's thesis , University of Kansas , 2008 .
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
By William SouderEdited by William Cronon . New York : Library of America , 1997 . Murphy , Priscilla Coit . What a Book Can Do : The Publication and Reception of " Silent Spring . " Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press , 2005 .
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Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points And the Dawn of a New Era
By Gary M. PomerantzNew York : Coward - McCann , Inc. , 1965 Russell , Bill , and Taylor Branch . Second Wind : The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man . New York : Random House , 1979 . Shaara , Michael . The Killer Angels . New York : Ballantine Books , 1996 .
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
By Susan CainAt first McHugh felt good about carving out more time for himself . But then he got active in evangelicalism and began to feel guilty about all that solitude . He even believed that God disapproved of his choices and , by extension ...
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Hex: A Ruby Murphy Mystery
By Maggie Estep“Oh yeah?" I say, surprised at Sebastian's sudden talkativeness. “So, what, maybe Frank's pissed off being demoted to hotwalker?” “I'd reckon, yeah. But I don't mean he had something 142 / MAG G E E STEP.
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The Metamorphosis
By Franz KafkaIn graphic novel format, reworks Kafka's tale of family and alienation featuring traveling saleman Gregor Samsa, who awakens in his family home one morning to find himself turned into a giant bug.
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All Over the Map
By Laura FraserThis wasn't an easy decision ; since she's been diagnosed with Parkinson's , it's been more difficult for my mother to travel comfortably . It dismays her not to have new adventures to recount to her friends ; it makes her feel less ...
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The Shadow Queen: A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
By Rebecca DeanIt was , though , mousy Edith Miller as Sophie in a scene from Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier that brought the house down . Her singing was a revelation , pure and faultless , and to everyone's stunned amazement she imbued the part with ...
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And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
By Wayne CurtisNow revised, updated, and with new recipes, And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of this most American of liquors From the grog sailors drank on the high seas in the 1700s to the mojitos of Havana bar hoppers, spirits ...
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The Hill to Die on: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America
By Jake Sherman, Anna PalmerSo as Pelosi headed to NBC's studio , nestled in upper northwest Washington , near American University , to submit herself to a Chuck Todd grilling , she didn't have good answers to his Conyers questions .
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Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
By Todd BalfThe more Karen Brown Donovan , the D.C. descendant , thought about the scenario , the more she said she saw the story as doing anything but diminishing the Taylor legacy . The episode aggrandized him all the more in her eyes by making ...
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The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine
By Todd KlimanAt twenty - nine , he had published his first book , Four Months Among the Gold Finders in Alta California : Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts , under the pen name J. Tyrwhitt Brooks .
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The Notorious Phd's Guide to the Super Fly '70s: A Connoisseur's Journey Through the Fabulous Flix, Hip Sounds, and Cool...
By Todd BoydThe Tarantino film also pays homage to other ' 70s martial arts films , particularly those of Run Run Shaw and his brother , Runme Shaw . Their famous Shaw Studios churned out many classic films ...
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Wolf Boy
By Evan Kuhlman“I've decided I need to pay Ryan Mills a visit." Viv said bobbing her head and shaking free tears. “I have to make sure he's damaged that killing two kids and their mother really sucked him up. If he's not damaged, if he is still ...
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The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power
By David E. Sanger“ President Karzai wasn't able to extend the government's reach much beyond Kabul , ” Powell told me . “ The ISAF was initially only there to protect Kabul . ” Powell had a clear model in mind : the 1989 invasion of Panama ...
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Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power
By Kevin PerainoConfederate leaders had begun to isolate the federal garrison at Fort Sumter , a brick - walled fortress just off the coast of Charleston , South Carolina . Lincoln appeared unsure about whether to send reinforcements to the troops .
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In the Ring: The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
By Robert S. BennettCHAPTER NINE lHl SlNAlllH llNl] lHi SHHK \' R F. I' u '1' A T l o N w A s c. R0 \r t N G in Washington, and in 1980, l was retained by the Senate Ethics Committee to handle a matter that would catapult me into the national spotlight.
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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
By Susan Faludi1988 ) : 751–57 ; Bonnie R. Strickland , " Sex - Related Differences in Health and Illness , " Psychology of Women Quarterly ... Darrel A. Regier , Jeffrey H. Boyd , Jack D. Burke , Jr. , Donald S. Rae , Jerome K. Myers , Morton Kramer ...